Math 124a: PDEs

Final

The final will be Friday, Dec. 14th. The final review is here.

Final exam solutions

Notes

Lecture notes from this quarter:
   Solving the heat equation
   The heat equation with a source
   The wave equation with a source, on a half-line.

Midterm

The midterm will be on Thursday, Nov. 8th. You can download the review here.

Homework

The last homework isn't due until next Tuesday (Dec. 4th). You should be able to get started on a lot of it this week, but I'll also add an extra office hour on Monday Dec. 3nd (from 2:30-3:30) in case you have questions that come up over the weekend.

Pictures!

I've added pictures of solutions to the wave equation. (Including movies!)

Syllabus

Instructor:
Helena McGahagan
Office: South Hall, Room 6515
Email: helena-A.T-math.ucsb.edu

Lectures: TR 8:00-9:15am, Arts 1251

Office Hours: I will have office hours in South Hall 6515 on Tuesday and Thursday 1:15-2:45pm and Wednesday 2:30-3:30pm, and by appointment.

Textbook: Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction by Walter Strauss

Outline: We will cover most of chapters 1 through 4 in the textbook as well as a few other sections. Topics include the heat equation, the wave equation, initial value problems, boundary value problems, the delta function, Green's function, Burger's equation, and some basic numerical schemes.

Grading: Grading will be based on attendance and participation (5-10%), homework assignments (25-30%), a midterm (30%) (tentatively scheduled for November 8th), and a final exam (35%) (to be held on Friday, December 14th from 8-11am).